Hit-and-Run Victim Speaks

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Amanda Arriola talks Friday about the hit-and-run incident that left her recovering at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial. Arriola, who was hit while crossing the street early on New Year's Day, said she wants to know how someone could leave her injured on the side of the road.

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Amanda Arriola cries as her close friend Chuco Avila stops by for a visit Friday at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Amanda Arriola smiles as she gets a visit from close friend Chuco Avila and his daughter, Jennise, 2, on Fridayin her room at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Amanda Arriola tears up Friday as she talks about her injuries at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.

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photos by Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Amanda Arriola pulls herself up Friday to show some of the injuries she sustained after she was hit by a car on New Year's Day. Arriola continues to recover at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial from the hit-and-run incident, which left her with a broken leg, broken pelvis, a head gash requiring 10 stitches and other injuries.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Amanda Arriola holds up the small cross which was knocked off her neck and later found after she was hit by a car while crossing a street New Year's Day.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Amanda Arriola talks Friday at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial about how she remembers reaching for the cross she wore around her neck after she was hit by a car while crossing the street early New Year's Day.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Amanda Arriola cries Friday as she looks over the cross she wore when she was hit by a car while crossing the street early New Year's Day. The necklace and other jewelry she was wearing were knocked off her during the accident, but the cross was later found and returned to her at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.